John Authers, Columnist

Japan Just Caught Up With the Rest of the World

Fed-up voters punished a long-ruling party disrupted by more than Trump’s tariffs. 

No longer meeting expectations.

Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg

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It’s not just US exceptionalism that has taken a beating this year. The same can be said for Japan’s status as the exception to all economic rules.